All posts tagged Fendi

One of the biggest fashion events ever staged in Seoul – the global launch of the fall/winter line of Fendi, the Italian fashion house – went smoothly Thursday night after it was nearly canceled by city officials at the urging of animal-rights activists.

About 200 protesters showed up outside the city’s new Floating Island Culture Center, which was hosting its first major spectacle. They waved gruesome photos of skinned animals and chanted for much of the evening. Among them were a few dozen school kids, who shouted “Shame on you!” at glamorously-dressed show attendees. Read More »

Fendi’s fall launch is on. The city of Seoul appeared on the verge of a fashion – and business – faux pas last week as officials threatened to cancel Fendi’s plan to stage the launch of its fall and winter fashion line on June 2 at a new culture center in the Han River. But they reached a compromise instead. Read More »

The City of Seoul appears to be on the verge of canceling one of the debut events of its glitzy new culture center built on floating islands in the Han River – the June 2 global launch of the fall and winter line of the Italian fashion house Fendi. Read More »

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